Budget "mainstream" AMD Socket 939 System

Post by **Apoptosis** » Fri Feb 25, 2005 12:15 pm

I was looking at newegg today and saw some killer prices on some hardware... This would make a great part time work/gaming PC for any family. It would be able to play all the latest game titles at decent resolutions too!

Nate's February AMD Powered Price Versus Performance System:

$79 - ECS NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra Chipset Motherboard
$190 - AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Winchester (90nm)
$185 - XFX nVIDIA GeForce 6600GT Video Card, 128MB GDDR3
$127 - Mushkin Dual Pack 184-Pin 1GB PC-3200

Total Core Build: $581

Add in a new SATA hard drive and a new case w/ a power supply and you are looking at --

$57 - Hitachi 80GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive
$111 Antec SONATA ATX Mid Tower Case w/ 380W PSU

Grand Total: $749 + your old optical drive

KingJimi · Post by **KingJimi** » Sat Feb 26, 2005 5:33 am

This kind of system will soon be a favorite among modders especially...

infinitevalence · Post by **infinitevalence** » Sun Feb 27, 2005 4:25 pm

Hell until i lost my mind and control over my credit card this was about the system i was going to build.

Xerxes · Post by **Xerxes** » Sun Feb 27, 2005 5:08 pm

hmm i dunno recommending ecs has nate gone soft?

LVCapo · Post by **LVCapo** » Sun Feb 27, 2005 5:51 pm

Yeah, that one bother me as well....ECS is crap, stuff i wouldn't give to someone not to mention recommending them buy it.

Post by **Illuminati** » Sun Feb 27, 2005 7:39 pm

I've never heard of ECS... what do they do wrong? is the quality just not up to par?

LVCapo · Post by **LVCapo** » Sun Feb 27, 2005 9:11 pm

bottom of the barrel bad. Lets put it this way, stores like Fry's bundle them with processors for specials, and mark the prices like $10 over the processor cost. They have a serious issue with capacitors and stability...Other than that...I just won't recommend something that bad to a member.

Post by **Apoptosis** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 12:20 am

I didn't say this was the best hardware...just low prices!

Post by **Illuminati** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 7:04 am

Does ECS make their own boards? if not, which 1st tier maker to they get their supply from? .... just curious.

infinitevalence · Post by **infinitevalence** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 11:31 am

ECS is not all that bad, right now for nForce3 mobos the are one of the top choises by overclockers. Now part of this is due to the fact that there are no good AGP choicses for skt 939, and the fact that the MSI neo2 seems to be hit or miss when it comes to quality.